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The '''United Irishmen''' were an organisation agitating for [[Ireland|Irish]] independence from [[United Kingdom|Britain]] at the end of the eighteenth century. They were led by the [[Protestant]] [[Wolfe Tone]], who was also the National Secretary of the [[Catholic]] Committee.

The '''United Irishmen''' were an organisation agitating for [[Ireland|Irish]] independence from [[United Kingdom|Britain]] at the end of the eighteenth century. They were led by the [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Wolfe Tone]], who was also the National Secretary of the [[Catholic]] Committee.

Tone was concerned by the plight of the mass of the Irish Catholic population writing; "...they have been stripped of all land, the bulk are in the lowest degree of misery, they seldom taste bread, live in wretched hovels and labor incessantly".

Tone was concerned by the plight of the mass of the Irish Catholic population writing; "...they have been stripped of all land, the bulk are in the lowest degree of misery, they seldom taste bread, live in wretched hovels and labor incessantly".